During their visit they donned Hurricanes gear and chatted with residents about their own passion for rugby – like Lindsay Wright, who played a lot of rugby for his local team “Crescent Rugby” and for “Clutha” at representative level, and Noeleen Muir whose late husband Ernie played several games for “Otago” in his younger years and their son Neville is currently a rugby referee in the Otago region.

Despite plenty of friendly banter between the two camps, the Clutha Views locals were not convinced by Stephen and Mark’s best efforts to sway them towards the yellow and black – they continue to be the staunch Highlanders supporters they’ve always been!